I don’t want to reinvent the wheel, as I found an excellent page that has covered every aspect of wheel that I can think of and more. The page is from the Reverse Speech blog here.
Instead of pulling from here and pulling from there, my post today will be my reflection on wheels as symbols.
Wheel in motion.
Wheels are meant to roll, so when I think wheel I think of something moving along, destination irrelevant, but somewhere else.
More wheels, more stability.
A unicycle can get you somewhere but you’d better have good balance. Two wheels on a bicycle or three on a tricycle are better. Four wheels or more and you’re golden. Think of how many wheels a caravan or convoy has and how much solidarity there is in it.
The hub connecting the spokes of a wheel is a frame for work.
The Tao Te Ching, aka Dao De Jing, has a verse on the wheel, Verse 11.
Here is the Witter Bynner rendition of it:
Thirty spokes are made one by holes in a hub,
By vacancies joining them for a wheel’s use;
The use of clay in moulding pitchers
Comes from the hollow of its absence;
Doors, windows, in a house,
Are used for their emptiness:
Thus we are helped by what is not
To use what is.
Taking a chance.
I think of a spinning game of chance when I think of the wheel; a roulette wheel or Wheel of Fortune.
Navigation device.
A ship’s wheel, a motor vehicle’s steering wheel, are both navigation devices and imply movement.
Constellations wheel.
Think about how the stars wheel across the sky. Sure they go slow, but they go.
What do you think of when you think of wheels?
Tao Talk 
:-) Let em roll ! :-)
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In my second book I wrote a story about the guy who invented the wheel.
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Who invented it and when? It had to be a long time ago.
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I think of a Big Wheel…they were fun.
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My little brother had one and had a blast with it. My kids had them but they were called something else, they were all black, not orange and yellow or whatever color combo that was.
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There were different variations of them. I grew up in the country and we had dirt roads so I didn’t have one…I would go to my cousin’s house to ride one on his pavement driveway and street…loved them.
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My brother who is 18 mos younger than me had a steel pedal tractor. Those were the days before big wheels.
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I remember seeing those. I eventually got a charged up motorcycle toy that I rode in the house and yard…so much fun
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Methuselah son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah.
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Isn’t he the one who lived so long? He had a lot of time to think of something as ingenious as the wheel. He must have come before the Egyptians and the Pyramids?
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A ship’s wheel is called a “helm.” Just thought you’d like to know…
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Ah, thank you. I wonder why…
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I always think if this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmachakra
We have a new temple being built in the city and it has one right on top. The whole building is gorgeous.
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Nice! What city are you in again?
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Edmonton, Alberta.
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Ah, Canada, where things seem way more diverse and cosmopolitan. It must be nice to have a true melting pot that is welcoming for all.
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It’s especially like that ….well mostly, in the bigger cities. The smaller places are kind of…meh..but honestly, we’re having some troubles too. It all looks good on the surface but if one looks closely one can see cracks. The cracks are starting to broaden and that faction of hate seems to be getting louder and louder as of late. It’s very hard to watch but I know there are good people who are trying their best to counter it all!
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